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Eagle Ray

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Noun

1. eagle ray

powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eagle Ray

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noun
any of various rays of the family Myliobatidae, related to the stingrays but having narrower pectoral fins and a projecting snout with heavily browed eyes

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Eagle Ray

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any of a family (Myliobatidae, order Myliobatiformes) of sharp-headed rays with flat teeth and a notched spine on the tail

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Eagle Ray

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n.
Any of various rays of the family Myliobatidae of tropical and subtropical seas, having platelike teeth used for crushing mollusks and large winglike pectoral fins, which they flap for propulsion.

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